Avatar, Hurt Locker, An Education lead BAFTA nominations!

source: bafta.org

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced the nominees for their 2010 awards ceremony. Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the pack with 8 nominations each. They will compete for Best Film against Up in the Air and Precious.

BEST FILM

AVATAR
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
PRECIOUS
UP IN THE AIR

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

AN EDUCATION
FISH TANK
IN THE LOOP
MOON
NOWHERE BOY

DIRECTOR

AVATAR – James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 – Neill Blomkamp
AN EDUCATION – Lone Scherfig
THE HURT LOCKER – Kathryn Bigelow
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE HANGOVER – Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino
A SERIOUS MAN – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
UP – Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

DISTRICT 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION – Nick Hornby
IN THE LOOP – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
PRECIOUS – Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

BROKEN EMBRACES
COCO BEFORE CHANEL
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
A PROPHET
THE WHITE RIBBON

ANIMATED FILM

CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR FOX
UP

LEADING ACTOR

JEFF BRIDGES – Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY – Up In The Air
COLIN FIRTH – A Single Man
JEREMY RENNER – The Hurt Locker
ANDY SERKIS – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

LEADING ACTRESS

CAREY MULLIGAN – An Education
SAOIRSE RONAN – The Lovely Bones
GABOUREY SIDIBE – Precious
MERYL STREEP – Julie and Julia
AUDREY TAUTOU – Coco Before Chanel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ALEC BALDWIN – It’s Complicated
CHRISTIAN McKAY – Me and Orson Welles
ALFRED MOLINA – An Education
STANLEY TUCCI – The Lovely Bones
CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ANNE-MARIE DUFF – Nowhere Boy
VERA FARMIGA – Up In The Air
ANNA KENDRICK – Up In The Air
MO’NIQUE – Precious
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – Nowhere Boy

Check out the rest of the nominees here!

The winner of the BAFTA Best Film award has matched the Academy Award’s Best Picture recipient only four times in the past decade.

The BAFTAS will be handed out on the 21st of February.

Discuss: What are your thoughts on the nominees? They’re awfully U.K heavy aren’t they?